厳きびしさ

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Meanings

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severity; strictness; intensity

The quality of being strict, severe, or intense. Used for rules, people, conditions, and natural phenomena.

この学がっ校こうの規き則そくの厳きびしさには驚おどろいた。
I was surprised by the strictness of this school's rules.
冬ふゆの寒さむさの厳きびしさは想そう像ぞう以い上じょうだった。
The severity of the winter cold was beyond imagination.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉の厳きびしさに耐たえるto endure the severity of something
彼かれはその訓くん練れんの厳きびしさに耐たえた。
He endured the severity of the training.
厳きびしさを実じっ感かんするto really feel/realize the severity (of a situation)
受じゅ験けんの厳きびしさを実じっ感かんした。
I really felt the harshness of the entrance exams.

Expressions

厳きびしさを増ますgrow in severity; become increasingly severe